Contra Costa College
Course Outline
Department & Number
Course Title
Prerequisite
Co-requisite
Prerequisite or concurrently
Challenge Policy
ECHD 162
Violence Intervention and Counseling
ECHD 161
Number of Weeks per term
Lecture Hours per term
Lab Hours per term
*HBA per term
Activity Hours per term
Units
18
36
54
3
Advisory
*HOURS BY ARRANGEMENT: 54 Hours per term.
ACTIVITIES: (Please provide a list of the activities students will perform in order to satisfy the HBA requirement):
Teachers are expected to demonstrate skill development in an approved early childhood field based
placement setting. They exhibit appropriate intervention techniques through bibliotherapy (reading
books), problem solving strategies and using art and dramatic play as intervention techniques and
means for expressing feelings.
COURSE DESCRIPTION
This course is designed to provide an overview of different approaches to violence intervention and
counseling techniques that are appropriate for use with young children. The course context will
consist of counseling theory and practice that is designed for working with children and families who
have experienced stress and chronic violence in their lives. Teachers are expected to demonstrate skill
development in an approved early childhood field based placement setting. Not repeatable
COURSE OBJECTIVES
At the completion of the course the student will be able to:
Analyze personal coping and anger management skills.
Describe counseling theory related to violence intervention.
Identify coping strategies related to anger and frustration.
Demonstrate techniques that provide for appropriate expression of feelings by young children.
Identify anti-bias attitudes that affect the counseling relationship and reactions to violence.
Demonstrate counseling referral and responsive planning.
COURSE CONTENT: (In detail; attach additional information as needed and include percentage breakdown)
10
10
10
40
15
15
Self-awareness: personal coping skills, personal anger management
Specific counseling skills of communication, observation and listening techniques
Specific strategies of conflict resolution, positive confrontation and anger management
Play therapy: art, music and other techniques to assist expression of feeling, demonstrated
in curriculum development.
% Anti-bias attitudes as they affect reactions of violence.
% Counseling referral and responsive planning
%
%
%
%
METHODS OF INSTRUCTION
Lecture
Small group activities/discussion
Observation/case studies
Audio visual materials
Writing assignments
INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS
Textbook Title:
Author:
Publisher:
Edition/Date:
Fist, Stick, Knife, Gun
Canada, Geoffrey
Beacon Press
1995
Textbook Title:
Teaching Young Children in Violent Times-Building a Peaceable Classroom
Author:
Levin, Diane
Publisher:
Edition/Date:
Educators of Social Responsibility
2nd 2003
COURSE EXPECTATIONS (Use applicable expectations)
Outside of Class Weekly Assignments
Hours per week
Weekly Reading Assignments
Weekly Writing Assignments
Weekly Math Problems
Lab or Software Application Assignments
Other Performance Assignments
2
2
STUDENT EVALUATION: (Show percentage breakdown for evaluation instruments)
20
30
30
20
%
%
%
%
Participation on site at approved child care center
Skill demonstration
Written assignments
Examinations
GRADING POLICY (Choose LG, CR/NC, or SC)
X
Letter Grade
Pass / No Pass
Student Choice
90% - 100% = A
80% - 89% = B
70% - 79% = C
60% - 69% = D
Below 60% = F
70% and above = Pass
Below 70% = No Pass
90% - 100% = A
80% - 89% = B
70% - 79% = C
60% - 69% = D
Below 60% = F
or
70% and above = Pass
Below 70% = No Pass
Prepared by:
Dr. Intisar Shareef
Date:
June 16, 2009
Form Revised 03/09